Oscar Pistorius Makes Bail

In South Africa it is actually fairly common for suspected murderers to get bail and then their cases languish for years while they roam the streets. I was hoping this case might be different, but the magistrate in the Oscar Pistorius case granted Oscar bail and he will be a free man until his trial. That trial date could be years from now and eventually my guess is that he will be found not guilty and then try and make money off the story. My only hope is that his sponsors never take him back on and that he loses all his money and is ostracized for the rest of his life much like Casey Anthony. The world knows Oscar killed his girlfriend. I just don't think the jury in his case will think so.

Even if they took his passport with his money and his wealthy family I bet he'll still take off. He can easily buy a fake passport and hire a private jet and just leave the country, likely never to be heard from again. When you have money you can get away with anything.

Jeez, the 'pregnancy' rumour was in the National Enquirer – probably alongside some alien landing story.It is BS. SA is on the whole relieved he made bail – it'snot that we're necessaryilt on his side per se, I think we genuinely believe his story – innocent until proven guilty and all that. I need a huge glass of wine after that 2-odd hour session by Nair. Oh look, I already have one!

If someone murdered my child and I thought justice would not be served, I would take matters into my own hands. I would kill my child's killer. And it sounds like SA would be just the place to do it and get away with it.

I am glad he was granted bail. He had no reason to kill her intentionally and destroy his life by ending hers. Even her parents haven't said anything nasty about him and from all accounts they had a good and loving relationship albeit short. It's sad he has already been found guilty in the press before the trial.

That judge was scathing on the prosecution and lead investigator. It seems that they had to concede on every point of Pistorius’ affidavit. I guess they are used to doing a poor job when the accused is Joe Schmo.

@Trudi – that's because most murders are unsolved, often not even really investigated. And forensics? What a joke. People who live on farms are being slaughtered. People who live in so-called 'squatter camps' (informal settlements or shanty towns) are being slaughtered. Too much trouble for the cops to investigate and solve these crimes. Sadly. Apparently the state's forensic lab has a backlog of YEARS. Sorry to say, but I imagine it's rather easy to murder someone and get away with it.

I'm not convinced he's guilty of murdering her. I think there might be a chance he killed her by accident and if that is true I wouldn't want him to go to jail. And honestly… if gun violence in SA is as bad as I've read I can't blame someone without legs (who can't just make a run for it) for shooting without checking first. It seems like a kill or be killed country.

With his prosthetics, it would be virtually impossible to get on a plane without all sorts of alarms being set off when he went through security.

If he was faking the intruder story, why didn't he stage a bogus break in? The prosecution conceded that was a problem for them.

Mind you, those were points made by the judge, not the defense.

Apparently, the prosecution was unable to refute a single point of the defense's motion.

Something to think about before you all decide, with no evidence yet, that he was a woman beating bastard who murdered his girlfriend in cold blood, despite how sensationalized the papers are trying to make it.

1/ until now, the prosecutor CAN'T prove the premeditation and he will lose if he want to keep it: in best he can prove the voluntary manslaughter if he has the clues that OP knew he shooted on his girlfriend and in worst,he can prove the negligent homicide

Lola, the writer who does these "news" posts and does read the comments on their little posts. Not the brightest bulb in Entyland. It will be interesting to see what evidence is presented if this goes to trial.What a shitty job the police did at the murder scene.I wonder if they will drop the charge from premed to manslaughter and what that would mean under SA law.

This case makes me sick to my stomach. It's almost too painful to read. As one who can well recall locking myself in my ex's bathroom to hide from him, sitting on the cold tile floor for hours shaking and saying out loud to myself over and over that it will be OK…My heart aches for her in her final moments. It is so, so hard to get off the vicious merry-go-round of an abusive relationship, but it's sobering, devastating, and so, so important for women to see what can happen if they don't. I'm so sorry she died. I hope it convinces at least one woman to walk away before she's next, no matter how frightening it can be to take that step.

I hope he is found guilty and is left to rot in jail. If he isn't, he's finished anyway. His life, as he knew it, is over. The sponsors won't be able to associate with him on a global scale because everyone knows he's guilty. My question is, if his trial takes years to happen, doesn't that mean he can't travel to run in the Olympic qualifing races?

On the 13th of February 2013 Reeva would have gone out with her friends and I with my friends. Reeva then called me and asked that we rather spend the evening at home. I agreed and we were content to have a quiet dinner together at home. By about 22h00 on 13 February 2013 we were in our bedroom. She was doing her yoga exercises and I was in bed watching television. My prosthetic legs were off. We were deeply in love and I could not be happier. I know she felt the same way. She had given me a present for Valentine's Day but asked me only to open it the next day.

"After Reeva finished her yoga exercises she got into bed and we both fell asleep. I am acutely aware of violent crime being committed by intruders entering homes with a view to commit crime, including violent crime. I have received death threats before. I have also been a victim of violence and of burglaries before. For that reason I kept my firearm, a 9mm Parabellum, underneath my bed when I went to bed at night.

"During the early morning hours of 14 February 2013, I woke up, went onto the balcony to bring the fan in and closed the sliding doors, the blinds and the curtains. I heard a noise in the bathroom and realised that someone was in the bathroom.

"I felt a sense of terror rushing over me. There are no burglar bars across the bathroom window and I knew that contractors who worked at my house had left the ladders outside. Although I did not have my prosthetic legs on I have mobility on my stumps. I believed that someone had entered my house. I was too scared to switch a light on"

"I grabbed my 9mm pistol from underneath my bed. On my way to the bathroom I screamed words to the effect for him/them to get out of my house and for Reeva to phone the police. It was pitch dark in the bedroom and I thought Reeva was in bed.

"I noticed that the bathroom window was open. I realised that the intruder/s was/were in the toilet because the toilet door was closed and I did not see anyone in the bathroom. I heard movement inside the toilet. The toilet is inside the bathroom and has a separate door.

"It filled me with horror and fear of an intruder or intruders being inside the toilet. I thought he or they must have entered through the unprotected window. As I did not have my prosthetic legs on and felt extremely vulnerable, I knew I had to protect Reeva and myself. I believed that when the intruder/s came out of the toilet we would be in grave danger. I felt trapped as my bedroom door was locked and I have limited mobility on my stumps.

"I fired shots at the toilet door and shouted to Reeva to phone the police. She did not respond and I moved backwards out of the bathroom, keeping my eyes on the bathroom entrance. Everything was pitch dark in the bedroom and I was still too scared to switch on a light. Reeva was not responding. When I reached the bed, I realised that Reeva was not in bed. That is when it dawned on me that it could have been Reeva who was in the toilet. I returned to the bathroom calling her name. I tried to open the toilet door but it was locked. I rushed back into the bedroom and opened the sliding door exiting onto the balcony and screamed for help.

"I put on my prosthetic legs, ran back to the bathroom and tried to kick the toilet door open. I think I must then have turned on the lights. I went back into the bedroom and grabbed my cricket bat to bash open the toilet door. A panel or panels broke off and I found the key on the floor and unlocked and opened the door. Reeva was slumped over but alive.

"I battled to get her out of the toilet and pulled her into the bathroom. I phoned Johan Stander ("Stander") who was involved in the administration of the estate and asked him to phone the ambulance. I phoned Netcare and asked for help. I went downstairs to open the front door. I returned to the bathroom and picked Reeva up as I had been told not to wait for the paramedics, but to take her to hospital. I carried her downstairs in order to take her to the hospital. On my way down Stander arrived. A doctor who lives in the complex also arrived. Downstairs, I tried to render the assistance to Reeva that I could, but she died in my arms.

"I am absolutely mortified by the events and the devastating loss of my beloved Reeva. With the benefit of hindsight I believe that Reeva went to the toilet when I went out on the balcony to bring the fan in. I cannot bear to think of the suffering I have caused her and her family, knowing how much she was loved. I also know that the events of that tragic night were as I have described them and that in due course I have no doubt the police and expert investigators will bear this out."

I agree with others about having a Chris Brown-free month but more like a Chris Brown free blog. No more posts about Brown on this blog at all.There's enough white fuckery within this week alone to ignore Chris Brown and his indiscretion.

Between the Bladerunner,Alec Baldwin,Brolin and Peterson and their public abuse against females,who has time to focus on Chris.

To be fair, there is a backlog of years for forensics in many countries, including the US. Most people don't understand how long results take even when they're rushed. A non-priotiy DNA test can take literally a year or more to come back depending on what country you're from. Toxicology typically takes 6-8 weeks in the US where there are tons of labs so I imagine in countries where there are fewer labs it takes even longer.

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